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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dmnall:
I can say from my captivate that thing was not reliable however my gs2 has never let me down once!

Hth,

Charlie
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I have replaced my GPS with my GS2.

The Infuse had almost replaced it but it was semi-"meh", but the GS2 is rock solid.

My only worry is the data dependency - but I've got a Wilson amp in my car and the end result is incredible. I get 3-4 bars of 3G in rural areas I used to barely get 1 bar of EDGE in.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wallrat:
I wouldn't hesitate to use it for travel. It's rock solid compared to the Captivate it replaced. The GS2 locks fasts and stays locked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
If I trusted my 3gs for years I can definitely trust this one which I have ever since I got it.

I am actually in love with the navigation on this device. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sdmark:
My GPS has worked great. When I'm not using navigation, I use it as a speedometer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rbtconsultants:
i wrote a speedo app that shows my speed in the notification bar while i'm navigating. Any interest in that? I'm thinking about publishing it on the market.

Bob
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
The only thing I don't like is that it clearly has static navigation enabled, which makes it suck for geocaching.

Gonna have to figure out where I put my Oregon 300...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] garyd9:
Which amp? Using an external antenna?

I'm kind of rural myself, and with all the hills around me, there are quite a few RF nulls. My only problem is that I'm not sure I could attach another antenna to my car without interfering with each other. Perhaps their "low profile" antenna (that seems to stay inside the car) would work.

Gary
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jclav85:
Entropy, now you've got my mind going on a signal booster... any specific type you recommend??? Don't mean to go off topic here, but this is a game changer in my books..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ramnathan.r:
Good GPS

SGS2 GPS has been pretty good for me except in a couple of places where ATT signal has been bad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gaijinboricua:
Same here. Running unnamed and drove from DC to NYC. The GPS worked grrrrrrreat!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0011GI94Q is the amp I use.

I have the outer antenna near the rear of the roof of my Subaru, with the inner antenna velcroed to my dash. I have my Samsung car dock set up so the phone is RIGHT above the inner antenna.

People with sunroofs may have issues with the inner and outer antenna coupling to each other.

It really works best when the phone is within a foot or so of the antenna (esp. within a few inches)- any farther and the gains are not nearly as great. Putting in a higher-gain amp would ease this limitation - but in many vehicles would be even more likely to start oscillating due to feedback.

I'll try to take some pictures and post them this weekend - if I don't freeze while taking them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
It's pretty good so far.

Still evaluating the advantages/disadvantages and comparing with other portable GPS devices.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jdbeitz:
I've replace my GPS and my camera with my sgs2. This thing never seizes to amaze me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
GPS - yes.

Camera - no... No way it'll ever replace my K-5. Every time I've used the camera I've been sorely disappointed. It's better than any other mobile phone camera I've used before - but that's not saying much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MWilkenson:
My GPS has saved me many many times. GS2 GPS for the win!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] retnuh:
My phone has stock 2.3.6 with root. Other than that, it is totally stock. I use my phone in my job to provide GPS coordinates for natural gas tie-ins. Quite often when I open GPS test or GPS Status to get the coordinates, the GPS will locate 7 to 10 sats but will not lock on and give me my location. Re-booting the phone will solve the problem. Google Maps also does the same thing. I believe the phone was doing this before the update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
I don't know if it happens to you guys or not but me, yes, as soon as I reported "GPS works great so far", it let me down right away.

On my way home in the evening, turn H+ on, turn GPS on. While talking on the phone, I opened Maps and navigate home. Sitting in the car for 5', no sat. locked. Started driving until half way home, still not locked. Stopped in the parking lot, wait for signal again, 10' later, still not locked. Very frustrated! Grrrr
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jclav85:
Votin, did you flash a ROM or do a recovery since you last used Gps? that is the only time I've had to wait a ridiculous amount of time to geta satellite signal, I usually don't even bother waiting for it at that point and eventually it comes back. almost like it has no clue what satellite to use..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jclav85:
I also remember this happening when I first unboxed the phone, stock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
Nope, still stock, like a virgin :)

Anyway, how do I do a recovery?

The only difference that I has in mind right now is I just recently use the TPC case (http://www.amazon.com/TPU-Cases-Pro...YJBG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1325905779&sr=8-4) along with its free screen protector.

Was thinking it somehow blocks the receiver but, ehhh, if it does so, it wouldn't get almost 5-star ratings though.

I will definitely retry with and w/o the case.

---------- Post added at 10:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 PM ----------

So since then, it works fine every time?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
It's suddenly working fine now. Hmmm, no fun.

I did power cycle once though. Maybe it need a reboot.
[Kindle Fire General] mprattmd:
My FIRE:

Rooted with Burrito Root

Busybox installed

I followed the instructions from "Ubuntu Install Guide" found in the Market

This is essentially a ubuntu .img file that you place in /sdcard fire up, and VNC into

But works extremely smoothly!

There is a regular desktop version and a LXDE version, even one formatted for the Kindle Fire's 1024x600 screen

Mark
[Kindle Fire General] insanespain:
Video of it? Screen shots?
[Kindle Fire General] il Stalk3r li:
Would love to see video and screenshots if you could. :)

Update: I searched the guide on the market and found this. There is a video there and a few five star reviews. Is this what you are talking about mprattmd?

Thanks,

il Stalk3r li
[Kindle Fire General] mprattmd:
That's it, there is a paid version if you want the links to the higher resolution ones, although you can just search xda ánd find the links also.

Runs as smooth as on a ñetbook!

I will see if I can video

Well, it wont let me link my video , put youtube.com then

/watch?v=OWN9rU290Gw
[Kindle Fire General] il Stalk3r li:
I tried this on CM7, and it didn't work properly.
[Kindle Fire General] mprattmd:
Do you have busy box?

What error you get?
[Kindle Fire General] CC Inc:
Wow, this is so awesome..

I need to get this
[Kindle Fire General] l0calh0rst:
I would like to read more about Ubuntu on the KF.
[Kindle Fire General] iroctheworld:
Awesome....Can i test it:D
[Kindle Fire General] jercb123:
I can comfirm this works on cm7
[Kindle Fire General] il Stalk3r li:
It gave me a bunch of errors when I ran the script.
[Kindle Fire General] CC Inc:
Ok, in order to do this, you HAVE to install the PAID version of the app, then redownload the PAID boot script and replace the old one. Also, it has fast download times.
[Kindle Fire General] tillum:
Thanks for this. Would be happy to pay the $1.50 for the work you've put in packaging this, but using Cyanogenmod 7 I can't buy this app in the marketplace... I'm told it's not compatible, with no option to download it.The free app installs fine however. Any thoughts on this? Also, have you managed to get 11.10 working yet? Am more interested in this, with some version of Unity (2d if nothing else), than the 10.10 interface. Cheers.
[Kindle Fire General] tmlhodge:
Unity.... Thats just nasty
[Kindle Fire General] tillum:
Lol. Unity isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I love it, and use it as my daily driver. It's quick, intuitive, and designed for people willing to be open to new ways of using a computr interface. After using desktop linux for sone years (multiple distros), I'm hooked. :)
[Kindle Fire General] tpchuckles:
how big is the .img file?

what with the kindle having no removable sd, i'm rather cramped on space.
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
Large is includes:

1.5GB download, which is 3.5GB once extracted

Lightweight image includes:

500MB download, which is 2.5GB once extracted

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zpwebsites.ubuntuinstall
[Kindle Fire General] chrisaw:
This rocks! It's only a shame it's VNC since hardware acceleration would prove to be a problem there I reckon. Still, would be an interesting experiment to get tuxracer on there and see how it went! :D
[Kindle Fire General] CC Inc:
I can confirm this is working, but can you install gnome or similar?
[General Questions and Answers] TheXev:
These are the basic specs of what I am looking for.

Carrier: Verizon (or at least CDMA and can easily be flashed to Verizon)

Network: 3G only (no 4G)

Cost: Around $50-$75 *edit* Let's talk about any phone regardless of price, new or used.

New or used: either

Wifi: Yes (to be used with tethering)

I'd be nice if it wasn't a complete pain to root.

Now here comes the hardest part: Must be able to accept an external antenna.

This phone will be used exclusively for tethering. I do not want to hear talk about overly expensive repeater kits(as much as I would love to have one), the phone needs to accept an external antenna.

An exclusive tethering device that is NOT a phone is out of the question, since I would like to use it on my current unlimited VZW data plan.

It would also be nice if anyone could post links to the external antennas (or adapter that would be required) that would work with said phones.

I know this seems old school, but my unique situation requires me to have an external antenna hookup. I have seen USB devices that would work great like this, but I can't use them without a new, not unlimited data plan (or using illegal methods to clone ESNs).

*edit* Let's talk about ANY phone with wireless that can accept an external antenna.
[General Questions and Answers] DarthCaniac:
Sorry man, but you are gonna have to up your price, or down your requirements :(
[General Questions and Answers] TheXev:
Okay, so lets take the price cap off. that isn't going to change the other two primary requirements:

1) 3G Only (not 4G)

2) Must accept an external antenna.

#2 is still the biggest thing I require.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Kevinr678:
So turns out I didn't ship this week... -_- Just what I've come to expect from the military lol. But on to my thread! Is it just me, or do any of you guys ever have issues with certain USB cables? My phone seems extremely picky about which ones work and whatnot. I've tried an LG one for a Sprint Optimus S, borrowed from my sister to charge and it wouldn't charge, tried an HTC from my girlfriend's Inspire, and I also tried an AT&T generic cable. The last two cables will charge, but no data will work, and I know there's nothing wrong with them because they all work with other people. So far I've only had luck with the Samsung official, and it seems as if mine has lost it's data abilities :( So on my quest to find a new one to purchase, I've wanted to avoid one that wouldn't work. If any of you guys have this problem with your phone being picky about cables, please let me know so I don't feel like I'm just crazy, lol.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tmease1:
Yes, i have had my share of problems with cables. I had one from my old Aria that i tried to use to charge one day and completely mest up my phone. My computer wouldn't recognize the phone, it wouldn't charge, etc. That was a headache. I just stick with the Samsung cables.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mckooter:
honestly ive never had issues, i just got my infuse today but its charged from several differnt cables,

Car Charger

Blackberry Charger and Cable

HTC Cable in PC (and data worked)

Ive never had issues, it seems that I have about 7 or 8 micro usb cables/chargers and from my captivate to my brand new infuse ive never experienced an issue..
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Digital_Biped:
I've had some issues with the orignal charging cable actually wanting to charge my phone.

Also, when plugging the phone into the computer I can't use the stock cable to do any flashing and sometimes USB doesn't work. I end up using a charging cable from my Logitech K800 keyboard and it works like a charm.

Maybe look at the cables for the K800 from Logitech, I have used it to charge via wall adapter, computer USB port, and it works for flashing. It's also longer than hell and comes with a little Velcro hoop attached to it for easy storage / transportation.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Kevinr678:
I'm glad I'm not the only one with this issue, lol. I thought my phone was just crazy, haha.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] N0ctrnl:
I've never had a problem with any cable (BlackBerry, HTC, various Samsung) on any of my Samsung devices. Used them on Captivate, Epic and Infuse with no problems. I almost wonder if the USB port's quality is as big a factor as the cables.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kywildcats:
My phone will charge about 55% of the time. It is the most annoying and aggravating thing I have ever encountered. Of course I can't take it back because I dropped it and shattered the screen about 2 days before my case came in the mail :mad:
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Entropy512:
Some of the AT&T cables are charging-only and won't pass data (they get lots of bad reviews for this...)

General rule:

A straight-through cable will depend on the charger to determine how the device charges. If the charger shorts D+ and D- together on its end, the phone assumes AC. If the charger uses iPad/iPhone resistors to indicate a dumb charger, the Samsung will assume USB. Not sure what happens if the charger has nothing on D+/D-.

Some of the AT&T cables short D+ and D- together in the cable - meaning they'll always charge as an AC charger but won't work for data.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
If anyone is short on micro usb or in the market for one,

look for data cables instead of just a charge cable.

they're about a buck ea. on ebay

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trk...&_sticky=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_sop=15&_sc=1
[Samsung Infuse 4G] 78c10:
I picked up about a half-dozen Blackberry branded micro USB cables off ebay for a buck a piece, shipped; they worked like a charm.

I mistakenly thought it wouldn't matter, and on a business trip to NY took my son's cable from his LG dumb-phone. I had all kinds of problems with it, so yes, I see that behavior too. It wouldn't charge unless I fully seated the cable and then removed it halfway out of the USB connector on the phone. Even then, I occasionally had problems with it.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] artisticcheese:
Had the same issues. Good cables has associated "click" event when it inserted, bad ones are loose. If you look at USB connection from Samsung made cables it has significantly larges pins on bottom (probably 2x time bigger then other brands) and that's what makes a difference. This is also important in a car with a lot of vibration. I just bought specifically Samsung OEM branded microUSB cables from eBay and never had any issues after that.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] PharmNerd:
FWIW... USB cables from Monoprice work just fine on my Infuse.

And I had issues charging with a cable from another Samsung phone.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kurtnjenn:
My Infuse stopped being reconized by computer and at same time I realized that it wasn't charging also. It would charge on my computer but not wall or car charger. While munchin down on some wings I dropped it and it splashed into the bleu cheese dressing. The mic and charge port were crammed with cheese. I thought I cleaned it but no. I took a tooth cleaning pick (used to get food out of your teeth, has a green brush on one end) swabbed it in alcohol, the rubbing variety and gently scrubbed the contacts. Phone now charges on all chargers, computer still won't connect.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] socialal:
Had all sorts of issues with cords/ports. I'm convinced it has something to do with the dual sd cards. But who knows. Anyways now using a monster data cord and it works great! well as long as I only use it on one specific USB port
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Kevinr678:
The SD cards have nothing to do with it.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] adeemzafar:
I used to have the Captivate and when I bought the Infuse 4G, I accidently sent the cable that came with the Infuse with the Captivate. It turned out the two cables were the exact same model but somehow my Infuse will only allow me to charge with the Captivate cable and not data.

That is why I have resorted to cloud syncing. It is the future!
[Motorola Photon 4G] MinceMan:
Just reposting this here and confirming that silk works with the photon.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1418480
[Motorola Photon 4G] bradleyw801:
I don't know a whole lot about this browser. What would be a good reason for applying this hack and switching over? Is this a lot better than some of the other browsers out there? Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
+1 on this.
[Motorola Photon 4G] moonzbabysh:
Not working on my mopho.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
Worked for me
[Motorola Photon 4G] Alex210:
I read that it uses amazon servers to load and compress the content, like opera turbo boost. I didn't notice any difference and other than that I don't see anything good enough to stop using dolphin, it actually feels a bit slower for me.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Fugitive87:
Going to try this out
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
In my opinion this browser doesn't even work well on the Fire. Had problems just loading pages. Opera has been stellar.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Fugitive87:
Its ok, it has its issues like being jumpy. So im not a big fan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vlx600d:
Wallet worked fine since day 3 with the nex, all of a sudden today trying to use it it saying invalid account at post terminals, called support and there was block put in place from compliance. Anyone else had this happen? They were closed when I called but figured I'd ask here to see if it was a local thing or if other nex users were bumping into this
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stnc:
Hi everyone,

So I'm relatively new to Android, the Galaxy Nexus is my first non-iPhone, so I'm still getting adjusted. I had two questions so far about the Nexus/Android 4.0:

When I receive picture messages from iPhone users that have multiple pictures in one message, they come through as a video/slideshow with smaller versions of the pictures that I can't save. The same thing happens when they include text with their picture. However, if they just send a picture, it comes through normal size, and as a picture. Is this an Android OS issue, or is it on Apple's end?

I'm using Hullomail for Voicemail, and I have no complaints, but I was curious if anyone has successfully ported the official AT&T apk. I know Google Voice is what most people use, but unfortunately that's not an option for me.

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stadsport:
I'm not sure about the first question, but why can't you use Google voice? Works great for me!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stnc:
My phone is already registered to a different Google Voice number.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
The slideshow thing used to happen on my HTC phones, but I'm not sure what types of phones were sending the pictures so I am going to assume it is android-based. That said I haven't tested it yet on the nexus so I could be wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] segfaultex:
GVoice is awesome!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] moltenbobcat:
It will let you register it twice if you set one as mobile and one as a home line
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lodingi:
I would get that on my Charge. I thought it was a Touch Wiz feature. I didn't care for that myself.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stnc:
That's awesome!!! This was the perfect solution! Thank you so much!

More information from the Google Voice Forums: https://groups.google.com/a/googlep...g-google-voice-on-a-mobile-device/ROOchtAMsX4
[LG Optimus 3D] rezzsha:
So i added the media profile.xml and the TICameraCameraProperties.xml from|ErosizeD| gingerbread , and I think it may have slightly improved the stability of the camera in the cyanogeMOD full 6
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aethoes:
Ok, I'm probably overlooking somthing simple but I can't get the latest nightly stingray ICS Xoom Rom to connect to verizon 3g/4g. I've searched around on google and the forums a bit but I don't see anything about it.

Here's what I've done so far.

Starting point Moray Xoom

Titanium back + nanodroid

factory reset

flash stingray

boot into ICS, all is well (didn't check internet)

reboot into recovery

install gapps (the zip located in the main stingray thread on this board)

boot up, everything works great on wifi

disable wifi, go to settings -> wireless & networks -> more -> Mobile Networks

click activate

I let it set there for 20 minutes and think about it but it never connected. One other thing i noticed is that the clock is correct, but is set to GMT instead of GMT-6.

What am I doing wrong?

Update: I'm running build EOS IML74K Nightly 8

Baseband version shows "Unknown"
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tincbtrar:
I dont have a 3g/4g unit - but I would try this upgrade path instead.

-Factory Reset - Wipe Data and Dalvik

-Format ALL partitions as well (Yes this sucks) but not external sd card. I hope your nandroid is on a external sd card anyway.

-Be sure you have the ICS ROM and GAPPS ready to flash.

-Go into mounts/storage and mount all partitions.

-Flash ROM - and dont reboot

-Flash GAPPS

-Reboot Device

-DO NOT RESTORE TIBU DATA...just apps.

This is my preferred upgrade path on every android device.

Let us know how it worked.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hchxoom:
I would start over, with a wipe data/factory reset from within CWM as well as a wipe cache and wipe dalvik. Then flash stingray then gapps (without rebooting in between - doing so has caused problems on other ics roms). If that doesn't work, you may have a bad download - did you check the mdsum?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aethoes:
Ok, I followed the steps exactly as listed above. Now when i start up it's going into a wizard which is automatically "Searching for service..." and has a option to skip and go with wifi instead.

Update:

After bypassing 3G and setting up wifi I've noticed that the baseband version listed under "Settings -> About Tablet" is still showing Unknown. Is this a sign that the baseband driver for 3G on my device isn't recognizing?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkny1123a:
MZ600 is the same situation as you.

ALL available ROM cannot recognize the baseband version if you have not get 4G update.

That's a terrible problem for overseas users!
[Verizon Droid Charge] LockheedX:
I keep getting this error, perhaps someone can help me navigate what i did wrong in my install:

./adb: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

Edit: After the second day of Google searches I finally found my answer after asking the question here (usually happens that way). Not sure what exactly it does, but I installed ia32-libs package in Ubuntu and it works now.

I was using Ubuntu 11.10 64bit, btw.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0097:
Hey guys,

was running some benchmarks with teamhacksungs build 12. I clicked on system information then I saw that around 50 mb of RAM are listed as inactive.

So is this a bug of the rom? Or is it because Quadrant have compactiblity issues with Android 4.0?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Sebb:
Maybe its some sort of system dedicated resource space so it cant be used from anything else then the system itself.